HOOVER, ALA. - In the midst of what amounted to a sustained explanation of his attention grabbing preseason exploits, first year Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin said LSU fans should think twice before accusing the Vols of unethical behavior in luring Lake Charles safety Janzen Jackson to Knoxville.

Instead, Jackson was attracted by new Tennessee defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, the legendary schemer who left the NFL to join his son's Volunteers staff. Jackson wants to be a coach himself one day and was impressed by, "the coaching tree," his father has watered, according to Lane Kiffin.

"When people recruit so well, people want to accuse them of doing something wrong because they got beat," Kiffin said, noting the hard work his recruiting guru, former Saints defensive line coach and Louisiana native Ed Orgeron, put into the Jackson case.

Still, Kiffin couldn't help boasting a bit. He noted Jackson joined tailback Joe McKnight, who picked USC over LSU, as the only 5-star recruits in recent memory who opted to leave Louisiana.